BOOST CHILD & YOUTH ADVOCACY CENTRE
Charitable organizationOrganizations relieving poverty·210 - 245 EGLINTON AVE E · TORONTO, ON · M4P 3B7·BN 119039568RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Boost is a creative community response to child abuse investigations. A partnership among local community and government agencies it brings together all professionals involved in child abuse cases under one roof for a coordinated interdisciplinary response to child abuse victims in Toronto. Programs include Prevention & Education Advocacy Assessment-Directed Therapy Child victim Witness Support and Coordination. Child Victim Witness Support program extends beyond Toronto's borders to other regions in Ontario.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure.
Cents to cause
T1 · computed (open data)81¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 81¢ of each dollar spent went to programs.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities.
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Operating overhead
T1 · computed (open data)19%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Reserves
T1 · computed (open data)0.6 yr
Years current reserves could cover program spending.
Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$4.9M
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)20%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Government-funded
T1 · computed (open data)48%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-31 | $4.5M | 89¢ | 11% | 0.1 yr |
| 2020-12-31 | $4.9M | 93¢ | 7% | 0.3 yr |
| 2021-12-31 | $5.0M | 92¢ | 8% | 0.5 yr |
| 2022-12-31 | $4.9M | 89¢ | 11% | 0.7 yr |
| 2023-12-31 | $4.8M | 85¢ | 15% | 0.6 yr |
| 2024-12-31 | $4.9M | 81¢ | 19% | 0.6 yr |
| trend |
From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
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Board of directors
17 directors reported · 17 of 17at arm's length
- Daniel, MarkDirectorarm's length
- Robertson, JulieTreasurerarm's length
- De Gasperis, DanielaDirectorarm's length
- Tomlinson, LisaDirectorarm's length
- Barsky, MichaelDirectorarm's length
- Veenman, SybilChairarm's length
- Stanton, JenniferDirectorarm's length
- Leon, LukeDirectorarm's length
- Sinclair, CandiceDirectorarm's length
- Watts, ReganDirectorarm's length
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- Valani, RahimDirectorarm's length
- Direnfeld, RochelleDirectorarm's length
- Cairo, GianlucaDirectorarm's length
- McCauley, John JayDirectorarm's length
- Austin, ShelbyDirectorarm's length
- Struminikovski, NatashaDirectorarm's length
- Brodhead, JohnDirectorarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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